31 July 2017

Tiger in a Tropical Storm by Henri Rousseau was the inspiration for July.

I liked the colors and did my best to grab some of them and create a lovely torch enameled pendant on recycled copper.Dangles by RaggedRobyn compliment the look with colors also found in the painting. Just a perfect pairing!

The complete listing can be found in myshop which is 75% offthis month as is darlicioushouse. Use the coupon codegottagoat check out in either shop.As school starts up with new roles and responsibilities, I am liquidating as I simply do not have time to create, maintain shops or do shows. My focus will be a few items here and there and then donating to silent auctions. xoxoEnjoy your day!

09 July 2017

I have been participating in many a fun challenge this summer. It's a great distraction from the Dossier process and gives me that mental health break that I need. This month, over at Earrings Everyday the July inspiration is visual music. See the original post here. What fun!

I was so inspired, and found the following video to be my springboard::

I started with some recycled copper that I counter enameled::

Then I moved onto making stencils from screen shots of the video::

I then laid on the enamels and torched them up!

Back in my clean space, I gussied them up with some marker strokes that were present in the visuals then gave them some super long hand-formed copper earwires to match the scheme::

In the end, I added some gold leaf and viola! My inspirations::

But then, in true Darlene fashion,I removed the black lines and like them so much better!

30 June 2017

I did it again. Because it's fun. And because I can.
Because I'm working from home this summer. Because I have more time.

I love the interactions and inspiration. The camaraderie that is felt during these challenges from Art Bead Scene Blog and the June challenge was so thoughtful! You can find it here.
I went ahead and created a few enameled pieces by torch firing recycled copper bits in hues that I felt complimented the art. I used skunk berry leaves (a type of sumac) to make the impressions. Then added a few poly beads by shipwreckdandy to the wrapped stems.

Fun. Fun. Fun. Here's the art work. Just lovely. Read all about it in the link above. xoxo

17 June 2017

Earrings Everydayposted a little firefly challenge and here are the finished pieces thus far on their reveal post. I'll be adding too as I love a little challenge ~
So I made nighttime rendition of fireflies!
All torch enameled recycled copper scrap with buggin' decals.

I use copper from old viga covers so truly recycled earrings but this time, I just grabbed my scrap and went with their random sizes. As a result, one was much longer than the other so I added a little chain with a ceramic bead to the shorter of the two.

These are truly asymmetrical and can be found here with my other enameled
jewelry, and artisan components for you to makeymake with.Happy creating!
xoxo

20 May 2017

I dumpster dive. A lot. My latest, greatest find was a bunch of copper viga covers from a recent home remodel. My lucky score!
I cut 'em, clean 'em up and torch enamel the pieces. The finished product is either sold as components or used in my own recycled line.
~love

See more trash transformed through this blog inspiration. And please visit me in either of my shops. here and here. xoxo

Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty, well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... WOW! What a ride! {anonymous}